[PPRAANet] News and Updates

[John Bloodgood]

A few items to share:
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Via Jack Ciaccia, WM0G, Colorado Section Manager
  
1:11 PM 15 March 2015 www.facebook.com/groups/coloradoarrl/ 
 
C'mon Colorado Hams... we have some of the best hams in the country, both young and old, working in many aspects to make our hobby more enjoyable. We also have some of the most technical hams in the world within the confines of the Colorado borders.. there must be someone out there deserving of your nomination!

There are many hams throughout the Rocky Mountain Division who deserve to be recognized for their selfless contributions towards the betterment of our ham community. We would like honor them, with your help, through several awards offered by our Division.
 
This is a final call for nominations to the following awards:
- Rocky Mountain Division Ham of the Year
- Rocky Mountain Division Young Ham of the Year
- Rocky Mountain Division Technical Achievement Award
 
Complete rules and a nomination form can be found at http://www.rockymountaindivision.org/awards.html
 
The deadline for nominations for each of these awards is WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1. Please give thought to hams within your community who are deserving of recognition and nominate him or her today!
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Colorado PRB-1 is LAW!  
 
On 13 Mar 2015, Senate Bill 15-041 was signed into law by Gov Hickenlooper.  Jack Ciaccia, WM0G, the Colorado Section Manager; Robert Wareham, N0ESQ, the Section Emergency Coordinator and Government Liaison; along with sponsors Senator Chris Holbert, and Representative Kevin Van Winkle attended the signing ceremony.  Pictures can be found online at www.facebook.com/groups/coloradoarrl/  
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Also via Jack Ciaccia, WM0G, Colorado Section Manager
  
 12:03 AM 15 March 2015 www.facebook.com/groups/coloradoarrl/ 

2015 Central States VHF Conference

- Call for Papers/Presentations -

The 49th Annual Central States VHF Society Conference will take place
in Denver, Colorado on July 23-26th, 2015. This year's conference,
hosted by Rocky Mountain Ham Radio, will occur at the Denver Marriott
Westminster. Complete details about the event including online
registration is available at http://2015.csvhfs.org

The Central States VHF Society is calling for the submission of papers,
presentations and posters for the upcoming conference. Papers,
presentations and posters are solicited on both the technical and
operational aspects of VHF, UHF and Microwave weak signal amateur
radio. Suggestions are listed below, but are not limited to:

-Propagation (Sporadic E, Meteor Scatter, Troposphere Ducting, etc.)
-Amateur Satellites
-Regulatory Topics
-Antennas including Modeling/Design, Arrays, and Control
-Test Equipment including Homebrew, Using, and making measurements
-Construction of stations equipment, such as Transmitters, Receivers,
and Transverters
-Operating including Contesting, Roving, and DXpeditions
-RF power amps including Single and Multi-band Vacuum Tube and
solid-state
-Pre-amplifiers (low noise)
-Digital Modes WSJT, JT65, etc.
-Regulatory topics
-EME
-Software-defined Radio (SDR)
-Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

Non-weak signal topics, such as FM, repeaters, packet radio, etc., are
generally not considered acceptable. However, there are always
exceptions. Strong editorial preference will be given to those papers
that are written and formatted specifically for publication, rather
than as visual presentation aids.

For more specific information, please see the "Guidance Documents"
section on the Conference website at http://2015.csvhfs.org
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Via the ARRL, at the federal level we need to push for HR-1301 to extend the national PRB-1 to HOAs and CC&Rs.  Time to start writing our Reps in US Congress.  More information can be found at http://www.arrl.org/hr-1301 .
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And finally, don't forget about annual SKYWARN training.  The ARES only session is 4 April, 8:00 AM at the Falcon Police Station 7850 Goddard St. District 14. You can RSVP to thomas.magnuson at noaa.gov  . Other dates/locations can be found at http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pub/?n=/wcm/talks.php .
 
 
v/r
 
 
 
 
John Bloodgood, KD0SFY
PIO -- Region 2 District 2, Colorado ARES (Pikes Peak ARES)
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